He said law schools don’t adequately emphasize that decisions should reflect the letter of the law.

He spoke of schoolchildren coming to visit the Supreme Court and calling the Constitution a “living document.”

“It’s not a living document. It’s dead, dead, dead,” he said.

Justice Scalia believes the law must be taken literally and interpreted as it was written more than two centuries ago. You simply can not do that. Societal norms have progressed and you can not rationally argue that times and society has not changed. If times and society have changed since the drafting of the Constitution, then you can not apply the Constitution as it was understood 200 years ago to the norms of today’s society. You can not apply the best thinking of 200 years ago to society today. Imagine what this country would be like if we applied today’s societal norms to those of 200 years in the future.

Bryan is the founder of 2 Rights Make a Left. While obtaining his J.D., Bryan researched and wrote extensively on Capital Punishment, an issue that remains close to his heart to this day. He has spent the majority of his adult life involved in politics in some form or another. Bryan spends most of his time reading, writing and discussing all things politics. Bryan loves to travel and, if he had his way, would constantly be jetting off to another destination. The rest of his time is spent following his beloved Bears, Bulls and Cubbies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bryan Driscoll

Bryan is the founder of 2 Rights Make a Left. While obtaining his J.D., Bryan researched and wrote extensively on Capital Punishment, an issue that remains close to his heart to this day. He has spent the majority of his adult life involved in politics in some form or another. Bryan spends most of his time reading, writing and discussing all things politics. Bryan loves to travel and, if he had his way, would constantly be jetting off to another destination. The rest of his time is spent following his beloved Bears, Bulls and Cubbies.